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v25_0449 - CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Follis ou nummus

CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Follis ou nummus XF
MONNAIES 25 (2006)
Starting price : 450.00 €
Estimate : 1 000.00 €
Realised price : 450.00 €
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 313
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,34 g.
Rarity : UNIQUE
Officine: 1re
Emission: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Portrait exceptionnel de toute beauté avec une usure régulière. Patine marron. Frappe faible pour le revers
Catalogue references :
C.  - RIC.-  - HCC.

Obverse


Obverse legend : IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré consulaire de Constantin Ier à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant, tenant le scipio de la main droite et un globe de la main gauche (H*10).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Constantinus Pius Felix Augustus”, (L’empereur Constantin pieux heureux auguste).

Reverse


Reverse legend : GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI// RP.
Reverse description : Genius (le Génie) debout à droite, nu, coiffé du modius, le manteau sur l'épaule gauche, tenant une patère de la main droite et une corne d'abondance de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Genio Populi Romani”, (Le Génie du Peuple romain).

Commentary


Manque à tous les ouvrages consultés. Semble inédit et non répertorié et de la plus grande rareté.

Historical background


CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT

(07/25/306-05/22/337)

Augustus

Constantine was born in 274, son of Constance Chlore and Helena. He was named Caesar on the death of his father on July 25, 306 and was proclaimed august on December 25, 307. He married Fausta, the daughter of Maximien Hercule, who gave him five children, three of whom were augusts. The first twenty years of his reign are devoted to imposing himself as the main august against Maximian Hercules, Galerius, Maxentius, Maximin II and Licinius. He is recognized as the first Christian emperor, although baptized only on his deathbed on May 22, 337.

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